Game apparatus



.1. H. MILLER. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, l 5, I 92 l Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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nen STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

CLARENCE J. H. MILLER, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GAME AIIARATUS.

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To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that l, CLARENCE J. H. M IL- Lnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented .certain new and useful Improvementsin G ame Apparatus, of which the following 1s a specification.

'This invention relates to a game apparatus particularly designed for playing the game of base-ball ou a table, for indoor pastime.

rlhe object of the invention is to provlde a game for the amusement of persons old, and young, and in which there 1s more or less rivalry created in the playing of the saine.

By the combination of chance and skill of contestants playing the game, substantially all of the plays featured in the field game may be made, or indicated, thus making the game very interesting, and more or less exciting to the players, and to the onlookers.

ln playing the improved table game, generally ispeaking, the rules governing the ield game are followed, and the score may be recorded on the regulation score-card. l The invention, stated in general terms, consists of a game apparatus constructed and arranged in substantially the manner hereinafter described and clalmed.

lhe nature, characteristic features, and scope of the inventionwill be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection With the accompanying drawings which are made part of the specification, similar reference characters being employed to designate corresponding parts.

ln the said drawings Figure 1 is a plan View of an embodiment of the improved game apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

On a suitable board or table 1 is arranged a diamond shaped channel 2, and a circular channel 3, the diamond channel 2 being inclosed Within the bounds of the circular channel 3, and said channels being connected, as shown at 4. These channels are of uniform depth throughout their extent, so that they are level When the board or table 1 is in a level position, which is the yproper position in playing the game.

A plurality of spaced depressions, or ball seats 2';l is provided in the bottom of the channel 2, and similarly arranged depressions 3a are in the bottom of channel 3.

Corresponding to each of the depressions 2 Specication of Letters Patent.

'the average liabilities of the invention or and 3a is an inscription, the significance of which will be made apparent in the folloW ing explanation of the playing of the game.

A ball 5 having its axial diameter less than the Width of the channels 2 and 3, is placed in the channel connecting space l, and is propelled by a spring device 6, manipulated by a player, into either the channel 2 or channel 3, as may be elected by said player. The ball 5, when thus propelled, or in baseball parlance, When batted, Will come to rest in one of the depressions 2aL or 3a, and the player is credited with the play indicated by the inscription corresponding to the stop. Y For example, if the ball is batted in the channel 2 and stops in depresion 23h, the player is Outcatcher to short stop. lf the ball is batted in channel 3 and stops in depression 3a, the player is safe, and the first base-man is charged with an error. lf the ball, When batted, stops in depression 3ac the player has fouled and bats again, in accordance with the general rules which govern the field game of base-ball. lf the ball makes a complete circuit of the channel 3, lodging in depression 33d, the player is credited with a home-run.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922. Application led February 15, 1921. Serial No. 445,109.

Considering the foregoing examples, and Y referring to the inscriptions corresponding to the various depressions arranged in the channels, it Will be seen that substantially all the plays that are featured in the course of a field game of base-ball, may be made on the board, the record of the game being kept on a suitable tally-sheet or scorecard, substantially the same as in the professional field game.

The game may be played by two contestants, each one representing a base-ball team, and playing the nine men of eachl side, according to rule, or any number of persons ma play the game.

ile the present arrangement of significant inscriptions is calculated to bring about of a professlonally played field game, and is conducive to the skill of the player, it will be understood that the invention is not confined to the specific imprints, or their relative arrangement.

It will also be understood that there may be changes in details of construction of the apparatus Without departure from the spirit the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.

In a name apparatus, a horizontal board scriptions on the face of the 'board correrovided with a continuous channel of unisponding to the ball-seats, the inscriptions orm depth arranged to represent the diareferring to the diamond ball-seats signifymond of a base-ball field, and a second coning the plays which are ordinarily made on 15 5 tinuous channel of uniform depth which the infield, and the inscriptions correspondrepresents the outfield, said second channel ing tothe ball-seats in the surrounding chansurrounding the diamond channel and connel being indicative of the pla s usually nected therewith at one angle of the diamade in the outfield, and means or propelmond which corresponds to the home-plate, ling a ball from the junction of the channels. 20 10 a series of separate ball-seats disposed in f In testimon whereof I aiix my si ature. the bottoms of the channels, significant in- C ARENCE J. H. MIL ER. 

